Common activities include decomposition, breaking a number down into its component hundreds, tens and units.
You might like to count the number of days at school, perhaps building to a "100 Day Party". If you do this with paddle pop sticks then place value can become part of your daily routine as you bundle up ten sticks with a rubber band every ten days.
Dino Place Value at ictgames.com - click on the tens and the ones that make up a number (numbers to thirty)
Place Value Pirates at Mr Nussbaum.com - click on the pirate that matches the description, e.g. "one in the hundreds place" - up to three digits and fairly small type
Abacus - choose the size of your number and then show it visually on a colourful abacus
Chubs in the Swimming Pool - select the digit from a generated number that is in the H, T or U place as requested
Place Value Cows - HTU cows background where you select a number - perhaps a useful teaching aid?
Place value is commonly taught with the following concrete materials:
Common activities include decomposition, breaking a number down into its component hundreds, tens and units.
You might like to count the number of days at school, perhaps building to a "100 Day Party". If you do this with paddle pop sticks then place value can become part of your daily routine as you bundle up ten sticks with a rubber band every ten days.
There are a number of ideas for place value lessons at teaching ideas.co.uk: http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths/contents_placevalue.htm
Other place value games and activities